Posts by Public Sector Focus
Tech savvy SMEs driving solutions to IPA, NAO & PAC recommendations
Graham Thomson is co-founder and CEO of Affinitext, working with industry leaders globally to provide disruptive improvement in the efficient and successful execution of major, mega & giga projects. Over decades, the IPA, NAO and PAC have repeatedly identified issues and made recommendations on the need to improve delivery of major projects. Much remains to…
Read MoreDelivering a choice for the public sector
Why use outsourced payroll? Outsourcing the payroll function can save your organisation time and money. You can benefit from the same accessibility, flexibility and control of running the payroll in-house, without having to allocate your staff, equipment, time and resources to ensuring employees are paid correctly and on time. Plus, you will not have any…
Read MoreHow Should We Go About Evolving the Public Sector Business Model?
Q&A Session with Chris Davey, Head of Solutions Architecture, WSO2 Digital transformation presents a massive opportunity for the public sector to not only deliver better services but to be more efficient and reduce costs. The public sector has had to accelerate its transformation as citizen services went online owing to the pandemic. In fact, consultancy…
Read MoreWhat’s behind the flexibility buzz?
Several weeks have now passed since the so called “Freedom Day” and Flexibility, Hybrid and Remote continue to be buzzwords of the moment. We see and hear them every day, but what do they mean for individual organisations and how do they impact the workplace? The return to work and how it takes shape is…
Read MoreSocial Value in the Public Sector
Social Value is here to stay and now is the time to deliver a sustainable approach to help Britain build back better, says Ellie Robson-Frisby, Director of Marketing at UKCloud. Social Value is not a new concept. In fact, the Government’s Social Value act was published way back in 2012. But it’s a topic that…
Read MoreMaking Paper Work in Education
PFU are a specialist company within the Fujitsu family dedicated to information management solutions that offer advanced technology and intelligent software, enabling data to move seamlessly between physical and digital environments. Peter Richardson, Senior Marketing Manager PFU (EMEA), explains why document management and making information more usable for people plays a crucial role across education…
Read MoreThe changing face of HR
In time, we will recall this period as one with enormous change, faced on a global scale. Some consider change a good thing, whilst others are in the opposite camp or are happiest sitting on the fence. Regardless of where you stand (or sit) it is generally agreed that change is rarely easy. It is…
Read MoreEngaging with technology for a positive outcome
A growing awareness of the value of employee engagement and well-being in developing and retaining staff was given a boost last year when the pandemic forced the separation of employer and employee. Over a year on and HR teams remain focussed on supporting employees in any way they can to ensure they remain engaged and…
Read MoreCombating Cyberthreats in an Era of Digital Dependency
Today’s threat actors are becoming ever more creative when it comes to taking advantage of our digital dependencies, and public sector organisations are increasingly in the crosshairs of cyber criminals explains Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO at SolarWinds. The criminal ecosystem supporting these attacks is extensive. State-sponsored attackers and highly organised criminal groups (OCGs) are…
Read MoreDo We Really Need Software To Manage Fire Risk? – ACMS UK
“To be the best we can be and to operate in a commercial market where we set standards and goals that are not just a matter of compliance but because we can make lives safer, better, easier… surely that’s what we should all be aiming for?” argues Managing Director of ACMS UK, Steve Aldridge. As…
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